Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those relocating to Ghana and wanting to learn a local language are in luck. The Twi Learning Center Ghana are popular among Black ...

Ghana’s plan to adopt local languages aims to honour its linguistic diversity and preserve the country’s rich cultural heritage while enhancing citizen engagement in the legislative process. English ...

In recent years I have observed something deeply troubling in Ghanaian homes and communities. I have seen children under the age of ten who cannot understand or speak their own local language. A child ...

At the Kumasi Centre for National Culture, the rhythm rises into the air, steady and measured. To the unfamiliar ear, it is ...

The government of Ghana has announced that all teachers must now use local languages as the main medium of instruction at the basic school level. Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu revealed the new ...

Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng has raised alarm over what he describes as a deepening cultural identity crisis in Ghana, blaming the country’s colonial-influenced education system for eroding ...

Recently the Ministry of Education announced that instruction in schools would still be strictly carried out in English. Not surprisingly, the reactions have been swift and condemnatory. Cultural ...

The School of Languages at the University of Ghana has called for urgent and coordinated action to safeguard Ghana's indigenous languages from decline. According to the School, rapid technological ...

This interview is part of a series highlighting the personal journeys of language activists who are also Wikimedians, exploring how they preserve, promote, and revitalize their languages through ...

Africa is a multilingual continent and many adults speak several languages fluently. An empirical study by a research team led by the Potsdam psycholinguists Prof. Dr. Natalie Boll-Avetisyan and Paul ...